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US 10,295,783 B2Granted
Camera module
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshihiro Sekimoto, Norimichi Shigemitsu, Tetsuya Fujimoto
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Abstract
Provided is a camera module that is capable of driving with low power consumption and is small-sized and thin even in a case of having high resolution. A movable portion (4) provided in a lens driving device (9) of a camera module (20) has a shape that covers an upper side of a fixed lens (1b) and at least a part of a side part (side surface) of the fixed lens (1b).
Claims8
A camera module, comprising:
- imaging lenses;
- a lens driving device that drives the imaging lenses;
- and
- an image sensor that converts light entering the image sensor via the imaging lenses into an electrical signal, wherein
- the imaging lenses include at least a movable lens that is driven to autofocus and a fixed lens that is not driven,
- the fixed lens is arranged under the movable lens and on a side closer to the image sensor than the movable lens,
- the lens driving device includes a movable portion including the movable lens and a fixed portion that drives the movable portion including the movable lens,
- the movable portion has a shape that covers an upper side of the fixed lens and at least a portion of a side surface of the fixed lens,
- the movable portion is defined in an “L” shape or substantially in an “L” shape in a side view,
- the movable portion is arranged on the upper side of the fixed lens and at the side surface of the fixed lens, and
- at least a portion of the fixed portion is provided at the side surface of the fixed lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.